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Navigating the Dataset Landscape

This resource is designed to supplement instructional sessions and serve as a reference for researchers, students, and faculty members interested in discovering and utilizing datasets in the sciences and engineering fields.

Generalist Repositories

Finding the right repository is crucial for accessing high-quality datasets relevant to your research area. These repositories accept data from any field and are useful for interdisciplinary research:

Dataverse - Open-source platform, hosted by Harvard for sharing, citing, and preserving research data.

Open Science Framework (OSF) - Based in Virginia, OSF supports the entire research lifecycle across all academic disciplines.

Figshare - Located in the UK and supported by a subsidiary of Springer Nature, Figshare hosts a wide array of research outputs including datasets, images, and videos.

Zenodo - Developed by CERN in Switzerland, Zenodo caters to researchers across all scientific fields, specializing in secure long-term preservation and free access to data sets.

Dryad - An open-access repository that accepts data from all peer-reviewed scientific and medical research representing over 50,000 data publications.

Mendeley Data - Search more than 20+ million datasets indexed from 1000s of data repositories.